What to stream: ‘Banshees of Inisherin’ and the best Colin Farrell films

On Tuesday, the critically acclaimed film “The Banshees of Inisherin,” written and directed by Martin McDonagh, made its streaming debut on HBO Max. Having picked up a host of critics’ groups awards in the past month, as well as eight Golden Globe nominations this week, this strange, dark and wonderful fable of friendship lost and found on a small (fictional) Irish island, set in the 1920s, is now one of the front-runners for the Academy Awards. It’s also positioned star Colin Farrell as a shoo-in for one of the Best Actor Oscar nominations, which would be the first for the actor. It caps off …

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